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Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS): Recommendations for a Robust and Sustainable Approach

Creating sustainable water systems will continue to be one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS) has emerged as a water-provision and management approach that addresses the poverty alleviation potential of water projects. MUS is rooted in the multiple ways in which people have interacted with their local water sources over time, and seeks to overcome the fragmented way in which water is currently managed. This report analyzes the gaps in the MUS approach and evaluates previous efforts at integration in the water sector to identify lessons learned and recommendations for making MUS implementation more robust and sustainable.

Notes from the Field: Alpha Version of Community Choices for Water Decision-Support System to be Piloted in Ghana

Over the last year, the Pacific Institute has been conducting learning sessions in Ghana and Burkina Faso in the development and dissemination of a decision-support system to empower communities and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)...

The Water – Energy Nexus in the American West: The Energy Implications of Desalination

Despite some major barriers to desalination, interest has recently mushroomed as technology has improved, demands for water have grown, and prices have declined.

Climate Change and Urbanisation: Building Resilience in the Urban Water Sector– A Case Study of Indore, India

Thousands of cities in the developing world face rising pressures on water resources due to population growth and urbanization, which are intensified by the effects of climate change. In developed countries cities, the government or formal sector often exclusively manage water supply services, while in developing countries informal water managers may predominate.

Notes from the Field: Multiple Use of Water Allows Disabled Man to Live Comfortably

Abdulai Ibrahim lost his leg during an accident several years ago. Like many disabled persons in Ghana, Mr. Ibrahim could have been forced to beg on the street or depend on his extended family members for support.

California Farm Water Success Stories: Vegetated Waterways and Riparian Restoration

California Farm Water Success Stories: State and Federal Funding Accelerates Efficiency

California Farm Water Success Stories: Volumetric Pricing and Conjunctive Use

Testimony of Peter Gleick: Recommendations to Congress for Fundamental Changes in National Water Policy

This testimony of Dr. Peter H. Gleick before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for the Hearing on Opportunities and Challenges was given on December 8, 2011 to address domestic and global water supply issues.

Notes from the Field: Waterways

Indonesia is a beautiful place full of people with ready smiles. It is a democratic country with a rich cultural history. Given it is identified as one of the rising Southeast Asian economies, I was excited to see the state of water here.

Water-use Efficiency and Productivity: Rethinking the Basin Approach

The Pacific Institute provides thoughtful new analysis to help move beyond the theoretical quagmire that has characterized the debate over water use efficiency for decades.

Notes from the Field: Sustainability of Supply: The Story of Community Water Associations (HIPPAMs) in Malang

Imagine if the water you were being supplied with regularly to your home suddenly began drying up?

Notes from the Field: Sanitation Task Force Should be Introduced in Burkina Faso Says Womens Group

Imagine if the water you were being supplied with regularly to your home suddenly began drying up?

At a Crossroads in Our Region’s Health: Freight Transport and the Future of Community Health in the San Francisco Bay Area

Priority Development Areas in the San Francisco Bay region overlap with communities with the highest health risk from toxic air contaminants, including diesel pollution from freight transport, designated as CARE zones by the Air District.

Notes from the Field: Multiple Uses of Water

The Amprong River in the city of Malang in Indonesia provides a truly rich example of the power and the challenges of multiple use water systems.

Notes from the Field: How Can We Promote Sustainable WASH Facilities at the Community Level? Naba Kuliga in Burkina Faso Joins the Discussion.

I took a recent trip to Burkina Faso to conduct a learning session on the WASH decision-making tool (www.washchoices.org) currently being developed by Pacific Institute. 

Water for Energy: Future Water Needs for Electricity in the Intermountain West

The production of electricity, from fuel extraction to electricity generation, has growing impacts on both water availability and quality.

Notes from the Field: The “We are Coming Syndrome” Calls for Community-Decision-Making Tool

In Ghana, there is a saying that goes like this: “the world changing does not mean the sky will be on the ground but only that people will shift away from doing things the way they used to do them.”

Peter Gleick – Climate Change and the Water Cycle

The World’s Water, Volume 7

The World’s Water, Vol. 7 was released as the Pacific Institute headed into its 25th Anniversary year.

Peter Gleick Talks About The World’s Water Vol. 7

Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure, Creating Jobs, Greening the Environment

Every year, 860 billion gallons of untreated sewage enter the United States’ waterways – enough to cover the entire state of Pennsylvania with waste one-inch deep.

Notes from the Field: DIY: Do-It-Yourself as a Way of Life

DIY is one of those terms that is at once so familiar to me and seems universally used and understood, but in reality it takes on a very different meaning in different contexts, cultures or countries.

“Climate Change is Happening” from the National Center for Science Education

Notes from the Field: Urban Water Sources in Malang and Makassar, Indonesia

In a tropical country like Indonesia water is available everywhere -- pouring down in torrents onto city streets, hovering as mist in rainforests and along the coastline, snaking as rivers from countryside to city, and bubbling up from beneath your feet where you least expect it.